Last week, ISKM China devotees distributed 90 bowls of sweet porridge during a holiday.
Labanga Mātājī’s two granddaughters were engaged in Prasadam distribution. It was nice to see the young children engaged in distributing Krishna’s mercy to the conditioned souls.
As Srila Prabhupada said in his room conversation on 1st March 1975,
Spiritual education should be given,
kaumāra ācaret prājño
dharmān bhāgavatān iha
durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma
tad apy adhruvam arthadam
[SB 7.6.1]
dharmān bhāgavatān iha
durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma
tad apy adhruvam arthadam
[SB 7.6.1]
This is statement of Prahlāda Mahārāja. He was a five-years-old boy and a devotee. So he was trying to preach amongst his class fellows. The class fellows said, “Why you are bothering about spiritual consciousness, God consciousness, now? We are young men. Let us play.” He said, “No. The spiritual life should begin kaumāra, just at the beginning of five years.” Why? Durlabhaṁ mānuṣaṁ janma: “This human form of life is very rarely obtained, and we do not know when we shall die. So before our next death we must be spiritually equipped. That is the business of human life.” There is no guarantee when death will come. A child may also die tomorrow. There is no guarantee. Therefore spiritual education should begin as soon as a child can understand something.
